Forward Email
A 100% open-source, privacy-focused email service with forwarding, SMTP, IMAP, POP3, CalDAV, and CardDAV support.
What is Forward Email?
Forward Email is an open-source, privacy-focused email platform that provides email forwarding, SMTP sending, IMAP/POP3 mailboxes, and CalDAV/CardDAV services. It solves the problem of vendor lock-in and privacy concerns by offering a self-hostable alternative to commercial email providers while maintaining full feature parity.
Developers, sysadmins, and privacy-conscious organizations who want to host their own email infrastructure with full control over data and encryption.
Unlike fragmented solutions, Forward Email provides a unified, open-source platform that replaces multiple commercial services, offers comprehensive deployment tooling, and prioritizes user privacy through encryption and self-hosting capabilities.
Overview
Privacy-focused encrypted email for everyone. All-in-one alternative to Gmail + Mailchimp + Sendgrid.
Use Cases
Best For
- Replacing Gmail with a self-hosted, privacy-focused email service
- Sending transactional emails as an alternative to SendGrid or Mailchimp
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